Who owns Kagome Tomato Ketchup?
Kagome Tomato Ketchup is owned by Kagome (Japan, TSE: 2811).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Kagome Integrated Report 2026, Kagome Co., Ltd. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Kagome Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Nagoya
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1908
- Category
- Food › Condiments, sauces & seasonings › Sauces & ketchup
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 2811
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Kagome Tomato Ketchup
Kagome Tomato Ketchup is the ketchup brand of the Japanese tomato processor, whose history records that it began making tomato ketchup and Worcester sauce in 1908, two years after opening a factory for tomato sauce in what is now Tokai, Aichi. Kagome put 100 gram ketchup in aluminium tubes in 1958 and in 1966 launched what it describes as the world's first ketchup in a plastic tube.
Ownership timeline of Kagome Tomato Ketchup
Where Kagome Tomato Ketchup sits in Kagome
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Kagome
Kagome controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in food.
Also in food
- Labre (2006)
Other brands in sauces & ketchup, and who owns them
The 95 brands in sauces & ketchup on Brandtree belong to 53 owners. The largest is Develey, with 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bautz'ner | Develey | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Chungjungone | Daesang | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Haitian | Haitian | 🇨🇳 China |
| Chaochai | Sempio | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Búfalo | Grupo Herdez | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| A.1. | Kraft Heinz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Las Palmas | B&G Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Erisco | Erisco Foods | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
About the owner: Kagome
Kagome is a publicly listed company headquartered in Nagoya, Japan, founded in 1899. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 2811.
Kagome dates its beginnings to 1899, when founder Ichitaro Kanie first grew tomatoes in Aichi Prefecture, and it took the name Kagome Co., Ltd. in 1963. It makes tomato and vegetable beverages, ketchup and sauces in Japan and runs an international tomato processing business that includes HIT in Portugal, Ingomar Packing in the United States, consolidated in 2024, and the UK distributor Silbury, acquired in January 2026. Group revenue was 294.2 billion yen in fiscal 2025.
🇯🇵 Kagome Tomato Ketchup and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 456 brands that began in Japan. 23 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Kagome Tomato Ketchup is not one of them.
- Ajinomoto — Ajinomoto 🇯🇵
- Almond Koka — Glico 🇯🇵
- Amuleia — Nisshin Seifun 🇯🇵
- Aohata — Kewpie 🇯🇵
- C1000 — House Foods 🇯🇵
- Calbee Potato Chips — Calbee 🇯🇵
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Kagome Tomato Ketchup?
The parent company of Kagome Tomato Ketchup is Kagome, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Kagome Tomato Ketchup Japanese?
Yes. Kagome Tomato Ketchup originated in Japan in 1908 and its owner, Kagome, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Kagome Tomato Ketchup still owned by Kagome?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Kagome Tomato Ketchup is still owned by Kagome. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Kagome Integrated Report 2026 — Kagome Co., Ltd., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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